Bottle-filling apparatus.



No. 857,674. PATENTED JUNE 25, 190'7.

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EATENTED .TUNE 25, 1907.

J. C. A. RIEGKE. BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEU. 15. 1905.

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JOHN o. AUGUST RIEOKE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR,I BY DIREcT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, oF ONE-FOURTH To HARRY HAMBURGER, ON E-FOURTH TO PHILIP HAMBURGER, JR., AND'ONE- HALF TO MARK HAMBURGER,

ALL OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-FILUNG APPARATUS.

To ctZZ whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. AUGUST IEOKE, a citizen of the Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Filling Apparatus, of which the following is a Specication,

This invention relates to bottle filling apparatus, and particularly to a device rovided with means for holding the bottle in filling means.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which will be controlled by the application and removal of the bottle to the filling device, and it consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing ence will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this speciiication wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which` Figure 1, is a view in elevation of a fragment of a cask or barrel, with the iilling device applied thereto. Fig. 2, is a similar view of the lling device turned at a position at right angles to that illustrated in Fig. 1.

ig. 3, is a vertical Sectional view thereof. Fig. 4f, is a horizontal sectional view on the line :r`x of Fig. l showing the bottle gripping jaws in plan. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the valve actuating collar. Fig. 6, is a plan view of a washer designed to be applied to the collar. Fig. 7, is a view similar to Fig. 3, with the bottle and bottle retaining device omitted, the valve being shown as closed.

In these drawings A, denotes a suitable receptacle for liquid which may be a can, barrel, cask, or other tank, and B, is a spigot which may be applied thereto in any ordinary manner, but here illustrated as having threads to be screwed into the head of the receptacle. The discharge end of the spigot is internally threaded. as Ashown at to receive the nipple C, of the filling tube c, which is hollow to ermit the liquid to flow from the spigot to t e discharging end as shown at c.

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Application filed December 15,

United States o f erica, residing at Baltimore, State of the invention in detail, refer- Patented June 25, 1907. 1905. Serial N0. 291,934.

The tube c, has a detachable lower section D, acting as a valve casing, frictionally held on the upper portion and, within the depending portion is a valve stem provided with a suitable integral valve e, adapted to engage the valve seat F, at the lower end of the detachable section D. The section D, is made detachable as it permits the removal of the interior mechanism for the pur ose of renewing worn or broken parts and or the further purpose of permitting the cleansingof the interior of the tube. The valve stem has a shoulder e, which is engaged by a spring G, which spring encircles the valve stem and has its upper end bearing section c, of the filling tube. By reason of the engagement of the spring with the shoulder e, the valve stem is normally projected and engages the valve seat to close the opening c2, in the depending tube. The valve e, Vand shoulder e', are each provided with the peripheral recesses e2, through which the liquid in its discharge passes. This shoulder and valve fit snugly within the section D, in order that the stem is suitably held in position, as will, it is thought, be plainly understood.

The valve actuating member H, in the shape of a tube with a portion of the Wall removed, is slidable on the depending tube D, and it has a flange 7i, at the u per end, against which a washer I bears. Tlie washer is in the form of a yielding disk having an aperture to receive the member H, and the Said washer is of such yielding material to form a cushion to receive the fiange suri rounding the mouth of the bottle J, it being f understood that the said flange is ressed into engagement with the washer wit suflicient force to effect an air tight joint during the time the bottle is being filled. When the i bottle is applied to the depending portion of the filler, and pressed against the washer with sufhcient force to overcome the tension of the spring G, the valve stem ismoved longitudinally to unseat the valve e, and permit the flow of liquid through the opening c2, and through the apertures 7i', in the member H, into the bottle. Motion is communicated to i the member H, and to the valve stem through Io the medium cf the screw E', inserted in the head of the member lil, and through the filling block E2, which lies between the valve and the head of the member Il, it being seen from an inspection of Fig. 3, that the said filling block has a shoulder E, which bears against the said head. The filling bloek also has an extension' E4, passing through the head and aperture to receive the screw E.

By applying the bottle to the filling tube in the manner shown, and pressing against the Washer, which washer is seated on the flange h, the member Il, communicates motion to the valve through the medium of the screw and filling block and as soon as the valve is unseated, liquid flows into the bottle until interrupted by the valve being closed, or by the bottle becoming full. The liquid passes down through the tube C, and around the stem E, passing through the peripheral re cesses e2, therein, through the perforations or openings c2, in the lower section D, and the openings h, in the member I'I. When the bottle is full and the flowis arrested, the bottle is removed Vfrom engagement with the washer and, the pressure being removed, the spring acts to close the valve, and the operation is repeated in this way. It is the purpose of the invention to so graduate the size ofthe tube within the bottle, thateven though the bottle is filled to the mouth before it is removed from the filling apparatus, the level of the li uid within the bottle will be just right after t e tube has been removed, the space occupied by the tube being just sufficient to cause the proper level ofliquid in the bottle after it has been removed.

In connection with the filling ap aratus heretofore described, I provide a sa ety de vice which will act to arrest the flow of liquid automatically even though the valve be open and in this connection I show a vent K, eX- tending longitudinally of the tube c, having an opening 7:, extending at right angles thereto in communication with the neck of the bottle. The by-pass extends upward through a boss L, which has a threaded nipple Z, to receive a cap M, which ea is threaded on the boss and is provided wit i a vent o ening m. As the liquid flows within the bott e, the air escaping therefrom passes through the vent m, and when the liquid rises in the neck of the bottle and flows into the by-pass, it tends to buoy the floating valve N, which is seated in a recess formed in the nipple l, into contact with the ca M. The valve is fixed in such relation to t le vent m, as to completely close and seal the said vent when the liquid buoys the said valve. It follows, therefore, that as soon as the bottle is filled, the flow of liquid is automatically shut ofi' through the agencies just mentioned.

While it is perfectly apparent that the bot,- tles may be'applied to the filling tube by hand to actuate the valve, it is desirable to provide seine means for retaining the bottles in place while being filled, and to that end I have shown an apertured plate just below the nipple and I provide the said plate with apertured ears 0, to receive the hangers l?, The plate O, is normally pressed upward through. the medium of the spring @which spring rests on a shoulder g, on the filling tube c. The lower ends of the hangers each has a jaw R, adapted to embrace the neck of the bottle, the said jaws being pivoted together through the medium of the pivot S. These portions of the jaws adapted to embrace the neck of the bottle are held together by the spring T, connecting the ends of the jaws beyond the pivot. The jaws are further provided with lugs or fingered pieces U, at each end in order that they may be grasped by an operator for the purpose of disengaging the jawsfrom the bott eneck. When abottle has been applied'to the filling tube, the jaws are pulled down against the action of the spring Q,

Ainto engagement with the flange of the neck of the bottle, and when so engaged, the action of the spring exerts suflicient force to firmly press the bottle into engagement with the washer, to revent the escape of liquid at the joint thus ormed.

The opening in the flange 7L, is of irregular contour and it is fitted to a similarly shaped portion of the tube c, as shown at V, in order to prevent rotation of the valve actuating member.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.-

1. In'a bottle filling device, a filling tube, a detachable extension therefor having an internal valve at its lower end surrounding a discharge opening, a valve stem in the detachable extension, a shoulder on the valve stem, a spring seated between the shoulder and the end of the tube7 whereby the valve stem is normally projected, a valve on the stem, a filling block attached to the valve stem and slidable in the dischar e opening of the detachableextension, a va ve actuating member slidable on the detachable eX- tension, the said filling block having its lower end secured to said valve actuating member, and a flange on the valve actuating member whereby pressure on the receptacle is communicated to the valve actuating member.

2. In a bottle filling device, a filling tube, a detachable extension therefor having an internal valve at its lower end surrounding av discharge opening, a valve stem in the detachable extension, a shoulder on the valve stem having peripheral recesses, a spring seated between the shoulder and the end of the tube whereby the valve stem is normally projected, a valve on the stem having peripheral recesses, a filling block attached to the valve stem and slidable in the discharge open- IIO :357,674l g l 8 In testimony whereof I afx my signature in the presence 0f two Witnesses this eighth Io day of December, 1905.

JOHN C. AUGUST RIECKE.

Witnesses:

JACOB S. OHEW, RAYMOND S. WILLIAMS. 

